TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida starts a tour of key Western partners on Monday, after unveiling his country’s biggest military buildup since World War Two as Tokyo weighs steps
EL PASO, Texas – President Joe Biden visited the US–Mexico border on Sunday for the first time since taking office, tackling one of the most politically charged issues in
BEIJING/TAIPEI – China‘s military said it had conducted “strike drills” in the sea and airspace around Taiwan on Sunday in response to what it said was provocation from
NAIROBI — Six journalists in South Sudan have been detained over the circulation of footage showing President Salva Kiir appearing to wet
WASHINGTON — Hours after Republican leader Kevin McCarthy finally clinched the US House speaker role, his party was already rolling out its
WASHINGTON — The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Saturday it had agreed to partner with the Korea Office of Civil
RUSSIA’s overnight bombing of regions in eastern Ukraine killed at least one, local officials said on Sunday, after Moscow ended a self-declared
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI — Travelers began streaming across land and sea crossings from Hong Kong to mainland China on Sunday, many eager for
SYDNEY – The COVID pandemic has blown a million-person hole in Australia’s population projections in a challenge for an economy that has relied on having more consumers to drive growth, though
WASHINGTON – A US warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, part of what the US military calls routine activity but which has riled China. In recent years, US warships, and on occasion
